The 2014 London LWES Pen Show (Part 1)

Pentrace Roving Reporter Glenn Craig reports from Portobello Rd prior to the London 2014 LWES Pen Show. With a trained keen eye and olfactory senses that can find the scent of elusive sulfur baked ebonite and modern celluloid at a thousand paces… Glenn is on the hunt and this is his first report.

Hi all, I was fighting the huge crowds on Portobello Road looking for pens.

So many people it was hard to see anything. We ended up at the Admiral Vernon Gallery where Henry Simpole hangs out on Saturdays.

He showed me some of his Conway Stewart auction pens amongst many other pens. We agreed to meet at the London Pen Show next Sunday.....if we can get away from our booths.  

Another dealer that I have known for years is Phyllis an ex pat New Yorker who has lived  in London for a few decades. She once told me she provided the Wahl pens for David Shuchet to use in his Hercule Poirot series. She has a Saturday booth about a block away from Henry Simpoles on the Portobello Road.

I next went searching for more pens but somehow we got side tracked.........  oh well!

 

Glenn was thinking….”maybe replacements for piston washers?”

Look close, I see that famous sterling WES ring on his pinkie!

One of many delicious sights on Portobello Rd.

Cheers for today, Glenn Craig reporting from London 

Started out late today. It took all morning to read yesterday's Sunday Times all 2.4 pounds of it!

Looked for the Pen Shop on Regent St......  I think it is gone?
I talked to a couple of friends of mine seated on a bench on BondSt.

They sent me to the Mont Blanc store....  very friendly doorman......  hmmn!

Then to Covent Garden bought this Parker for 15 pounds ....probably paid too much .....oh well.

Maybe I will do better tomorrow....the pint I am having right now is good though.

Cheery bye for today! Glenn